> > OK, I hate to sound stupid, but I have absolutely no experience with
> > a VAX.  I am a typical Novell/NT kinda guy, however I was recently
> > given a DEC 11/730 VAX.  So basically here are my questions...
> 
> >  1) Can NetBSD run on an 11/730?
> 
> I don't know, offhand, but...

No. It can't. :-( I wish it could 'cause I have one too. 

For UNIX I think your _only_ options are Ultrix and 4.3BSD-Reno. (Please
correct me if I'm wrong!) Unfortunately I have neither. :-(

> Of course, if you _are_ into retrocomputing on space heaters, like many
> of the NetBSD crowd (including me - I've got two Sun-3/260s (68020/20)
> in live service right now), then an -11/730 is likely to be a lot of
> fun to play with.

Sun-3??? That's just a baby. I've got a living Sun 2/120 (68010) running
SunOS 4.0.3 (I really have to start getting machines that run NetBSD). Only 
problem with it is some third-party memory and Sun memory aren't getting 
along and cause a parity error every so often.

BTW, an 11/730 is much more fun to play with if you have a UNIBUS expander
box. The required cards along with the maximum memory (which is also really
required) take up all the slots in the backplane. :-( Oh yeah, having a tape 
drive doesn't hurt either.


- Jim

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